Assembly polls in four States on Feb. 26
NEW DELHI, JAN. 11. The Election Commission today announced that Assembly elections to the four States of Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura would be held on February 26. The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), J.M. Lyngdoh, ...
Governors could do more: Kalam
NEW DELHI, JAN. 11. The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, has called upon Governors to ``provide sage advice beyond any political considerations to the people and the Government''. Inaugurating the Governors' Conference at the Rashtrapati Bhavan ...
There will be no more fighting, say Naga leaders
NEW DELHI, JAN. 11. Emerging from the meeting with the Defence Minister, George Fernandes, leaders of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) made a significant statement here today. There would be "no more fighting between ...
Pak. writers denied visa
NEW DELHI, JAN. 11. Thirteen eminent Punjabi writers from Pakistan, who were to attend the International Punjabi Writers' Conference beginning here tomorrow, have been denied visa by the Indian High Commission in Islamabad. According to Rawail ...
U.N. post for Kiran Bedi
NEW DELHI, JAN. 11. The senior IPS officer, Kiran Bedi, has become the first woman and also the first Indian to be appointed to the prestigious post of United Nations Civilian Police Adviser. Ms. Bedi, who is the first woman Indian ...
BJP wins Surat bypoll
GANDHINAGAR, JAN. 11. The ruling BJP in Gujarat claimed the Surat West seat, increasing its tally to 127 in the 183-member Assembly. The party candidate, Bhavnaben Chapatwala, wife of the former Minister, Hemmant Chapatwala, whose ...
Agni-III testing by year-end
JAN. 11.India is developing surface-to-surface Agni-III missile with a range of more than 3,000 km and it is likely to be test-fired before the end of the year, the Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, V.K. Aatre, said here today. "The ...
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